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Slain Model ID'd Through Breast Implants

By GILLIAN FLACCUS
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BUENA PARK, Calif. (Aug. 21) — An ex-model found stuffed in a bloodstained suitcase without fingers or teeth was so badly mutilated that detectives had to identify her through the serial number of her breast implants, prosecutors disclosed Friday.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Marshals Service offered a $25,000 reward for information leading directly to the arrest of Ryan Alexander Jenkins, a wealthy reality TV show contestant who was charged Thursday with murder in the gruesome slaying of Jasmine Fiore.
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An 'Unspeakable' Crime
The naked body of former swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore was found Aug. 15 stuffed in a suitcase that had been dumped in a trash bin in Orange County, Calif. The 28-year-old had been strangled and her teeth and fingers removed, police said. Authorities were hunting for her ex-husband, a reality TV contestant who is charged with her murder.
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Jenkins appeared on the VH1 series "Megan Wants a Millionaire," about a woman seeking to land a wealthy bachelor.
Fiore's body was discovered Aug. 15 in a trash bin in Buena Park, an Orange County city about 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles. A preliminary coroner's report indicated she was strangled.
Without fingerprints or dental records, detectives tracked the serial number on her implants, said Farrah Emami, a spokeswoman for the Orange County district attorney's office.
Fiore and Jenkins were briefly married in a quickie Las Vegas wedding this year and had been fighting in recent months. Prosecutors said the two checked into a San Diego hotel on Aug. 13, and Jenkins checked out the next morning. Fiore was not seen alive again.
Friends and family members, including Fiore's mother, sobbed Thursday as a former boyfriend begged for help in capturing Jenkins.
"This message goes out to the family, his mother and father and to the friends that are helping him try to leave this country. Ryan Jenkins is an animal, what he has done to Jasmine is unspeakable and it's just not right, and I'd appreciate your help," said Robert Hasman, Fiore's former boyfriend.
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Buena Park police Lt. Steve Holliday said Jenkins, a native of Calgary, Alberta, is possibly armed with a handgun. Prosecutors recommended bail of $10 million upon his arrest and said he had significant resources to finance his flight.
"Anyone helping Mr. Jenkins hide from the police may go to prison themselves," said Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas.
On the reality show, Jenkins was identified as an investment banker who had a couple million dollars. A resume posted on the professional networking site LinkedIn.com says he also has a license to fly commercial airplanes.
Jenkins is believed to have driven to Washington state and possibly hopped in a boat to a peninsula on the border, where he walked into Canadian territory.
A car and empty boat trailer belonging to Jenkins were found at a marina in the northwest Washington town of Blaine.
"We'll look under every rock for him," U.S. Marshal Chief Inspector Thomas Hession said.
In California, police detectives have visited the luxury San Diego boutique hotel where the couple had stayed.
Michael Slosser, vice president and managing director of L'Auberge Del Mar, doesn't believe Fiore was killed at L'Auberge, where rooms range from $350 to $3,000 a night.
"It's very unlikely that it happened here. I can't talk about the specifics," he said.
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News That Stunned Us
A Preventable Crime? Prosecutors asked that a judge lock up Isaiah M.K. Kalebu, who was out on bail pending trial for charges he threatened to kill his mother, after a suspicious fire at his aunt's house killed two people. Six days later, on July 19, authorities say Kalebu stabbed a 39-year-old woman to death. For that alleged crime, a judge set the bail at $10 million on July 25.
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After taping for "Megan Wants a Millionaire" finished in early March, Jenkins met Fiore in a Las Vegas casino and the two got married March 18, said Fiore's mother, Lisa Lepore.
But in May "they had a big blowout" and fought because he was jealous of her ex-boyfriends, Lepore said. "She had the marriage annulled."
There was no record of an annulment in either Clark County, Nev., where the couple was married, or in Los Angeles County, where they most recently lived.
Jenkins then went to Mexico to do another reality TV show but struggled to get Fiore back when he returned.
"He convinced her during that month that he was really the guy for her," Lepore said. "He wrote poems and stories, and prayed, and (claimed he) had this huge spiritual awakening."
The federal government was issuing a federal warrant that would allow Canadian authorities to take Jenkins into custody. California could then can request that he be extradited to the U.S. but only with reassurances from U.S. authorities that he would not face the death penalty.
Emami said the death penalty was not being pursued in the case.
Court records show Jenkins was charged in June in Clark County, Nev., with a misdemeanor count of "battery constituting domestic violence" for allegedly hitting Fiore in the arm and was set to be tried in December.
In his hometown of Calgary, Jenkins was sentenced to 15 months probation in January 2007 on an unspecified assault charge. No further details were available.
Neal Tomlinson, a partner at the law firm representing Jenkins in the Nevada case, did not return an e-mail seeking comment.
Reality show producer 51 Minds Entertainment said Jenkins never would have been accepted for its show if the company had known of his criminal history.
Associated Press writers Rob Gillies in Toronto, Jeremy Hainsworth in Vancouver, Robert Jablon and Raquel Maria Dillon in Los Angeles and Doug Esser in Seattle contributed to this report.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. Active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
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TexasHappy

09:38 PMAug 22 2009

It's a real shame that these SICKO KILLERS flee to Mexico and Canada KNOWING that when they are caught there, to come back to this country they can never be put to death. Look at what horrible things he did to her.. and we'll never know the horrible things he did to her while she was alive.. and no human should be allowed to continue to live when they do that to a human. I don't say this often.. but I do hope he fights who ever tries to arrest him and he gets killed. ONE DOWN.. MANY MORE TO GO. There are a lot of sicko's out there who do not deserve to continue to live. I bet the reality people are glad he and the woman on the show didn't match up together. I'm sick of these reality shows that put nuts on them.

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Salis27

09:38 PMAug 22 2009

It does not matter whose fault it was when the two of them argued! NO ONE has the right to do this to someone. So what? Because she may have been a pain in the ass at times, she deserved to die?! He was arrested for assault and domestic violence already. This guy is a loser. How can you even try to justify his actions and blame it on the woman? You are insane!

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ThatSa1HotPepper

09:37 PMAug 22 2009

now what does it matter that ya africanamerican .... not a question .

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DebraDL1960

09:36 PMAug 22 2009

well he must have wanted to be taken advantage of,.he's a grown man going on the show.. nobody twisted his arm

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NITESOFDAYS02

09:35 PMAug 22 2009

when they catch jenkins they should cut off his fingers and pull all of his teeth. and let him suffer some of the pain he has caused to the family and friends of the girl.

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Orbitxal1

09:35 PMAug 22 2009

I haven't checked but the guy stepped over the border into Canada. Another guy did that last year I think to Mexico. Likely no death penalty in their country so if we want him sent back here if they catch him the deal is no death penalty.

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Askuzzycat

09:34 PMAug 22 2009

what size implants did she have ?

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Brachm5

09:34 PMAug 22 2009

People still lie, cheat, steal and kill. There are people that should have been born as animals because that is how they behave. If they are caught the punishiment should be the same as was done to the victim. There in lies JUSTICE.

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HAMBROOKART

09:33 PMAug 22 2009

I would suggest he end the chase and stop wasting Law Enforcements time and put the gun to his own head.......or maybe someone will catch him with a few HUNGRY PIT BULLS.......

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